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Huntsmen – American Scrap Review
USA, the United States of America. A country unlike any other, loved as often as it is hated, admired as it is pitied, monolythic as it is diverse. Though Europeans like me enjoy rubbing in the...
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Oceans of Slumber – The Banished Heart Review
Here’s one many of us at AMG have been waiting for with bated breath. Back in 2016, Oceans of Slumber’s excellent but flawed Winter made it onto a number of year-end lists, including AMG Himself...
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Conjurer – Mire Review
It apparently takes a lot to incite Madam X‘s fervor these days. Her list of the top 10 albums of 2016 was not a “best of” but a “least disliked” while the 2017 edition reduced this list to a paltry 5....
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Angra –ØMNI Review
Angra‘s Secret Garden was a surprise for me. It captured my heart by being extraordinary in its execution, not its novelty. The record was a solid group of songs that were well-written, well-performed,...
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Them Moose Rush – Don’t Pick Your Noise Review
When our resident Mistress of Evil, Madam X, assigns you a review, two things occur. First, you’re going to say yes, because if you don’t, Bad Things Happen. And second, it’s going to be some weird...
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Between the Buried and Me – Automata I Review
We here at Angry Metal Guy have a fraught relationship with Between the Buried and Me. Some of us — we’ll call these apes Team Kronos —despise their lack of cohesion, and their penchant for piling...
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JIRM – Surge Ex Monumentis Review
First of all, look at that cover. If that isn’t one of the most glorious pieces of album art, I don’t know what is. It reminds me ever so slightly of Dio’s old mascot, but JIRM don’t worship at that...
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Eldritch – Cracksleep Review
It’s always more difficult to review a band with an established discography when you’ve never heard of them in the first place. Such is the case with Eldritch, a prolific Italian power metal outfit...
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Kamelot – The Shadow Theory Review
There aren’t many bands as steeped in class and refinement as Kamelot. Since their earliest days their take on melodic power metal has been swanky and upper-crust, and its only grown more polished over...
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Yer Metal Is Olde: Queensrÿche – Operation: mindcrime
I first saw Queensrÿche way back in 1986, on their Rage for Order tour. They were supporting AC/DC on their Who Made Who tour, and that’s who we were really there to see. Queensrÿche’s self-titled...
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Coldbones – Where It All Began Review
I’ve been a fan of England’s Coldbones since the very beginning of this review. Though the trio of Tory’s has been doing their cold and bony thing since at least 2014, I began this adventure with zero...
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Scientist – Barbelith Review
Way back in 2016, Kronos reviewed Chicago-area band Scientist’s second album, the frustratingly-titled 10100II00101 1. Believe it or not, we had differing opinions on it. While our resident Lord of...
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Into the Obscure: Disillusion – Back to Times of Splendor
We all have our dirty metal secrets that we selfishly keep to ourselves, only sharing with a select few close to us. Or alternatively, we incessantly talk up underground gems and spread the gospel to...
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The Dali Thundering Concept – Savages Review
First of all, that’s a pretty cool name. The Dali Thundering Concept. Cool enough that it made me spend a couple of hours on the InterGoogle in an effort to discern its origins, but to no avail. Oh...
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Voices – Frightened Review
When Akercocke dissolved in 2012, a few of its members regrouped as Voices, releasing a respectable debut in the form of Voices from the Human Forest Create a Fugue of Imaginary Rain, revealing that...
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Boss Keloid – Melted on the Inch Review
At AMG Headquarters last week, as a number of us were gathered around the bench press station during our allocated one hour of yard time, discussions turned from who could bench the most, 1 to personal...
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King Goat – Debt of Aeons Review
King Goat‘s got a problem. Their debut made Record o’ the Year here at Angry Metal Guy dot Com, which means that they are gonna have a hell of a time besting their previous performance. In fact, for...
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Monsterworks – Scale and Probability Review
Mastered by the infallible Dan Swanö. A PR email that rants about the loudness wars. A heartfelt, passionate declaration that they will NOT bow to the pressures of the industry, and dad-gummit they’re...
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Ihsahn – Amr Review
Whether we care to admit it or not, we are all subject to re-invention at some point or another. Ihsahn, a man made legend for his contributions to the legacy of black metal, has never shied away from...
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Tomorrow’s Eve – Mirror of Creation III – Project Ikaros Review
I must admit, I get a bit nervous reviewing a part 3 of anything without experiencing part 1 and 2 beforehand. It’s like watching the final chapter of a movie trilogy without knowledge of what happened...
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